Method for releasing a deployable boom

a technology of deployable booms and booms, which is applied in the field of deployable booms, can solve the problems of difficult or impossible application of the known methods of providing solar arrays described above to cubesats, the limitations of the common approach in how compact arrays can be packaged, and the limited superstructure of flexible membrane solar arrays
US20170297749A1Active Publication Date: 2017-10-19SOLAERO TECH CORP
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SOLAERO TECH CORP
Publication Date
2017-10-19

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Abstract

The present disclosure describes a method of deploying an extensible boom from a housing. Sheets supporting respective arrays of photovoltaic devices are deployed substantially simultaneously so that a first sheet is deployed in a first direction from the housing and a second sheet is deployed in an opposite direction from the housing. Angular momentum imparted by deploying the first sheet is canceled by angular momentum imparted by deploying the second sheet. The housing can be part of a space satellite, such that the first and second sheets are deployed without causing the satellite to move out of its orbit.
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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 001,962, filed Jan. 20, 2016, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 921,238, filed Oct. 23, 2015, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 068,501 filed Oct. 24, 2014. The disclosures of the earlier applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

[0002] This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 546,958, filed Nov. 18, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,004,410; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 658,043, filed Mar. 13, 2015 now U.S. Pat. No. 9,079,673.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE1. Field of the Disclosure

[0003] The present disclosure relates to deployable booms associated with vehicles or permanent structures, the booms being structured components, or assemblies including, in some embodiments, transducers for collecting or emitting electromagnetic energy.2. Description o...

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